List of the best Lew Ayres movies: All Quiet on the Western Front(1930), Young Dr. Kildare(1938), The Capture(1951), The Secret of Dr. Kildare(1939), These Glamour Girls(1939), Fingers at the Window(1942), The Crime Nobody Saw(1937), Calling Dr. Kildare(1939), She Learned About Sailors(1934), King of the Newsboys(1938), New Mexico(1951), The Spirit of Notre Dame(1931) ... ...
War
USA
1930
105 Minutes
Lew Ayres Louis Wolheim John Wray Raymond Griffith Slim Summerville Russell Gleason William Bakewell Scott Kolk Walter Rogers Ben Alexander Owen Davis Jr.
soldier teacher drillmaster student military officer dark brutal profound germany school boot camp trading post trenches world war i patriotism horrors of war growing up adventure 1910s
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Dr. James Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lynne Carver Nat Pendleton Jo Ann Sayers Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Monty Woolley Phillip Terry Don "Red" Barry
doctor mentor mother father love interest politician emotional intense solemn connecticut bar house hospital new york city mentorship terminal illness depression medicine family growing up
Dr. James Kildare decides to take a position at a large New York hospital instead of joining his father's country practice but he finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal woman.
Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Lew Ayres Teresa Wright Victor Jory Jacqueline White Jimmy Hunt Barry Kelley Duncan Renaldo William Bakewell Milton Parsons Frank Matts Felipe Turich
fugitive priest widow suspect police officer fiancée gripping melodramatic thrilling moving oil field mexico house embezzlement accidental death engagement escape pursuit 1950s
Follows the progress of a female ex-convict as she tries to rebuild her life after being released from prison.
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lana Turner Tom Brown Richard Carlson Jane Bryan Anita Louise Marsha Hunt Ann Rutherford Mary Beth Hughes Owen Davis Jr. Ernest Truex
A drunken college boy invites a taxi dancer to spend the weekend at his snobbish school.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Oliver Duffy
Lew Ayres Laraine Day Basil Rathbone Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Charles D. Brown Cliff Clark James Flavin Russell Gleason William Tannen Mark Daniels
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Three play-authors, Horace Dryden, Nick Milburn and "Babe" Lawton, are in an apartment seeking a plot for a new play. They are still on Page 1 when an intoxicated man wanders into their ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Dr. James 'Jimmy' Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Lana Turner Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Lynne Carver Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Harlan Briggs
intern physician nurse patient sister criminal melodramatic engaging new york city hospital basement apartment false accusations medical profession injury investigation framed for murder confidence discovery quest
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shangahai, he is of the oppinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
65 Minutes
Jerry Flynn
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
76 Minutes
Lew Ayres Marilyn Maxwell Andy Devine Ted de Corsia Lloyd Corrigan Robert Hutton Raymond Burr Jeff Corey
cavalryman chief judge colonel dance hall girl abraham lincoln fiery unrestrained patriotic melodramatic new mexico territory hut battlefield desert american indian wars race relations moral dilemma retribution peace treaty harassment
A cavalry captain has great difficulty keeping the peace between his tyrannical colonel and an Indian chief bent on revenge.
Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Bucky O'Brien
Lew Ayres Sally Blane J. Farrell MacDonald William Bakewell Andy Devine Harry Barris Don Miller Elmer Layden Jim Crowley Harry Stuhldreher
Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
Drama
1941
78 Minutes
Dr. James Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Bonita Granville Alma Kruger Red Skelton Paul Stanton Diana Lewis
doctor nurse mentor truck driver ice skater lawyer melodramatic inspiring charming road hospital courtroom office medicine media lawsuit reputation mentorship sacrifice quest
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
Drama
1942
92 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Ann Ayars Robert Sterling Jean Rogers Alma Kruger Walter Kingsford Nell Craig Ed Gargan Marie Blake Frank Orth
physician intern nurse mentor wealthy girl board member engaging melodramatic new york city hospital ambulance street operating room boardroom workplace politics medicine employment surgery accident romance
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) supports Kildare's (Lew Ayres) crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
Drama
1940
75 Minutes
Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Robert Young Laraine Day Emma Dunn Nat Pendleton Bobs Watson Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nell Craig Frank Orth
dr. kildare nurse fiancée brother mentor doctor melodramatic hospital office household epilepsy wedding romantic dilemma medical profession siblings love sacrifice quest 1940s
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) corrects Kildare's (Lew Ayres) diagnosis of nurse Lamont's brother's (Robert Young) head problem.
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
Drama
USA
1948
102 Minutes
Jane Wyman Lew Ayres Charles Bickford Jan Sterling Agnes Moorehead Stephen McNally
deaf person pretty woman doctor father aunt rapist emotional passionate canada cape breton island farm deafness romance false accusations rape family dysfunction pregnancy love underdog 1940s
A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.
Drama
USA
1930
88 Minutes
Hugh Fullerton
Constance Bennett Lew Ayres Tully Marshall Matty Kemp Beryl Mercer Hale Hamilton Purnell Pratt Ada Williams Charles McNaughton Genevieve Blinn
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
109 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Lew Ayres Zachary Scott Eve Arden Jerome Cowan Steven Geray John Hoyt Peggy Knudsen Marta Mitrovich Douglas Kennedy Claire Meade
A Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night and claims he was an intruder she did not know. It seems like a clear case of self defense until the story hits the papers and people connected to the dead man come forward.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Billy Benson
Lupe Velez Lew Ayres Edward G. Robinson E. Alyn Warren Tetsu Komai Henry Kolker Mary Forbes Edgar Norton Charles Middleton Jean Hersholt
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Musical
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Lew Ayres Ian Hunter Frank Morgan Wally Vernon Rita Johnson Virginia Grey William Cargan Katharine Alexander Al Shean Esther Dale
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway ... See full summary »
Drama
1937
77 Minutes
Dorothy Lamour Lew Ayres Gilbert Roland Karen Morley Lionel Atwill Helen Mack Bob Cummings Olympe Bradna Anthony Quinn Lee Bowman
A newsman (Lew Ayres), a beauty (Dorothy Lamour) and a fugitive (Gilbert Roland) are among those escaping by train from the Spanish Civil War.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Pat Gilbert
Will Rogers Janet Gaynor Lew Ayres Sally Eilers Norman Foster Louise Dresser Frank Craven Victor Jory Frank Melton John Sheehan
An Iowa family finds adventure, love, and heartbreak, when they spend a week at the state fair.
Musical
1939
82 Minutes
Eddie Burgess
Joan Crawford James Stewart Lew Ayres Lewis Stone Bess Ehrhardt Lionel Stander Charles D. Brown
Two married ice skaters (Joan Crawford, James Stewart) have career trouble; the finale is a Cinderella fantasy in color.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1972
90 Minutes
Mr. Ames
Earl Holliman Johnny Whitaker George Spell Lew Ayres Godfrey Cambridge Pat Crowley Beah Richards Clifton James
dog trainer son best friend dog neighbor mother uplifting positive touching plantation veterinarian's office field friendship father/son relationship race dogs hunting competition underdog growing up
In this touching adventure, a remake of the popular 1940 film, two Georgia boys ignore their racial differences to team up and befriend a feral bird dog, whom they train to participate in a field trials.
Sci-Fi
USA
1979
125 Minutes
President Adar
Richard Hatch Dirk Benedict Lorne Greene Ray Milland Lew Ayres Jane Seymour Wilfrid Hyde-White John Colicos Laurette Spang John Fink Terry Carter
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Sci-Fi
1977
87 Minutes
Beckerman
Christopher Lee Sue Lyon Kirk Scott Dean Jagger Lew Ayres Macdonald Carey Liz Ross Jon Van Ness
Scientists (Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott) discover that a priest (Christopher Lee) and nuns are aliens from Utopia out to destroy polluted Earth.
Horror
1979
112 Minutes
Jason Burke
David Soul James Mason Lance Kerwin Bonnie Bedelia Lew Ayres Julie Cobb Elisha Cook Jr. George Dzundza Ed Flanders Clarissa Kaye Geoffrey Lewis
vampire writer teenager doctor priest love interest dark disturbing eerie maine antique shop mansion salem's lot vampires haunted houses small-town life death stalking romance discovery
Horror
UK|USA
1978
108 Minutes
Bill Atherton
William Holden Lee Grant Jonathan Scott-Taylor Robert Foxworth Nicholas Pryor Lew Ayres Sylvia Sidney Lance Henriksen Lucas Donat Allan Arbus Meshach Taylor
orphan aunt uncle cousin antichrist chilling gory creepy chicago military academy museum satanism death archaeology supernatural evil transformation rise metamorphosis growing up
Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
Sci-Fi
USA
1973
92 Minutes
Mandemus, Keeper of the Armory
Roddy McDowall Claude Akins Natalie Trundy John Huston Severn Darden Lew Ayres Paul Williams Austin Stoker Noah Keen Richard Eastham France Nuyen
slave ape general captain scientist mutant dark disturbing thrilling passionate village city underground library ruins war post-apocalypse prejudice slavery freedom
Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1962
140 Minutes
The Vice President
Henry Fonda Charles Laughton Don Murray Walter Pidgeon Peter Lawford Gene Tierney Franchot Tone Lew Ayres Burgess Meredith Paul Ford George Grizzard
politician senator president fiery tense washington, d.c. politics political intrigue ambition competition discovery rivalry 1960s
Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.